Reviewers Liked
- Dual BIOS, Cool and Quiet, Ideal for High Resolution and Multi-Display Eyefinity setups, Overall great performance in games
Reviewers Didn't Like
- No full display port
- Poor Value
Asus Radeon HD 6950 2GB GDDR5 PCIe EAH6950/2DI2S/2GD5
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AMD replaced the very popular HD 5850 and HD 5870 video cards with the HD 6950 and HD 6970 respectively. Based on the Cayman architecture, the HD 6970 is priced to compete with the GTX 570 while the $300 HD 6950 fills the gap that Nvidia has with...
By Bjorn3D onFrom what I saw the Cayman Pro equipped ASUS HD6950 performed more or less as it was meant to. Like the reference design it was able to usually outperform, or perform as well as, the GTX 480. Once overclocked the card, every once in a while, came...
By Overclockers Club onAsus AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series features 2GB standard memory on both HD 6950 and HD 6970 graphics cards. Asus HD 6950 is an over clocked edition with a core clock speed of 810 MHz as compared to the usual 800 MHz. The card is furnished with 2GB GDDR5...
By CIOL onOverall the ASUS HD 6950 2GB performed about where it was made to be. Some tests were a little low while some exceeded expectations. With the voltage tweak options ASUS provides, it will allow users to easily push their cards further if they decide...
By TechReaction.net onRadeon HD 6950 is significantly different to HD 6850, despite the similar name - but as things stand, the performance of this new chip isn't compelling. The contribution made by Asus to this particular package is negligible, as this is very much a...
By IT Reviews onAs we saw in testing, both the ASUS 6950 and 6970 are very capable gaming cards and will provide sufficient horsepower in modern game titles. The voltage tweaking ability is an important selling point to many enthusiasts when deciding which...
By Pureoverclock onWith the EAH 6950, ASUS presents its first AMD Radeon HD 6950 based graphics card which has been equipped with 2 GByte GDDR5 memory. The successor of the very successful Radeon HD 5850 lets us all hope for another superb graphics card with an...
By Ocaholic onToday AMD has launched their new AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series. The new graphics cards are based on a reworked GPU core called "Cayman" that features a new shader design called VLIW4. Read our HD 6950 Review to get an idea about the architectural changes...
By techPowerUp! onEs ist eigentlich keine große Überraschung: Sowohl die ASUS Radeon HD 6970, als auch die ASUS Radeon HD 6950 können sich nicht wirklich von ihren Referenzkarten absetzen. Beide Modelle verfügen jeweils über den...
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Mit der EAH 6950 präsentiert ASUS seine erste AMD Radeon HD 6950 basierte Grafikkarte. Diese kann auf insgesamt 2 GByte GDDR5 Grafikspeicher zurückgreifen kann. Der Nachfolger der Radeon HD 5850 lässt auf einen ordentlichen...
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